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On December 8th, 2018, ChickTech Austin is set to kick off the our inaugural high school class. Below are some numbers to give you a feeling for the girls nominated and the attendance: Nominations Registrations Attended Day 1 Attended Day 2 Students 377 96 On Lunch Assistance 171 46 Grade 9 116 30 Grade 10

In December of 2017, ChickTech Austin kicked off our inaugural high school class. Our two day kick off event had record turn out. Below are some numbers to give you a feeling for the girls nominated and in attendance: Nominations Registrations Attended Day 1 Attended Day 2 Students 439 113 85 81 On Lunch Assistance

Nonprofit Provides Channels Into Technology for High School Girls Building computers, making films, visualizing data and visiting tech workers on the job are among the ways ChickTech, a national nonprofit organization, helps Central Texas females in high school get into technology professions now dominated by males. “The mission is to get girls out into the

We are excited to be featured on K12 Engineering Education Podcast. Assistant Director, Dana DeFebbo, discusses how ChickTech Austin Reaches out to high school girls who might not have had opportunities in tech. Listen To Podcast Here

About a year back we were looking for a tool to help us manage all of the data we were collecting for our programs. We stumbled upon Airtable and haven’t looked back. Since we have found it so helpful I wanted to share what we’ve learned with you all in case Airtable is the right

ACT–W Coming to Austin August 5-6, 2017 Become a Planning Committee Member ACT–W conferences run on the energy of our volunteers who care about empowering women in technology. The ACT–W Austin Conference is a happy hour and an annual two-day action-packed event where talented women can build skills, grow their community, and accelerate their career

ChickTech Austin, in partnership with Amplify Austin Day, plans to test the limits of your brain by hosting a good old fashion trivia night with a few surprises like raffles, mulligans, refreshments galore, and more. The catch? The best and brightest of tech companies come duke it out in trivia for bragging rights for a

ChickTech Austin has received donations from dozens of local businesses for a raffle and swag give-away during its inaugural High School program kickoff event. Donated items include t-shirts, water bottles, sunglasses, gift cards, books, a Raspberry Pi kit, a Makey Makey, and much more! Grand prize raffle items include an iPad 2 and Chromebook, courtesy